Arch support



Feb. 1-9, 1929. 1,702,591

I Y I L. 5. BROWN ARCH-SUPPORT" Filed April 7; 1926;

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Patented Feb. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES LEE SCHAEFER BROWN, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

ARCH SUPPORT.

Application filed April- 7, 1926. Serial No. 100,316.

The object of my invention is to provide a metal arch support of novel shape for protecting the shank of work shoes and to provide novel means for fastening the device to the shoes. I attain these and other objects of my invention by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device applied to a shoe, the shoe be ing shown partly in section;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of my arch support;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the invention. Like characters of reference indicate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a shoe havin the sole 2, shank 3, heel portion 1, and rubher or leather heel 5. I provide a rigid plate, preferably of metal, as a shank protective plate 10, shaped as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and having a slightly curved downwardly extending flange 12, the face 13 of which is in contact with the breast of heel 5. Plate 10 has spaced countersunk apertures 14 to receive suitable fastening devices, such as malleable pegs 15. 1 provide an extension 11 onplate 10 which extension projects under the sole 4 of the shoe and over the top of the heel element 5, as shown in F 1. Plate extension 11 is provided with a transverse spur 18 which aids in holding it in place. It is also provided with spaced openings 16 through which the nails 17 that fasten the heel 5 to the heel portion 4 of the shoe may be driven, as shown in Fig. 1'.

My device is primarily designed as a protector for work shoes, the metal plate being of light material such as aluminum or an aluthe manufacture of the shoe.

What I claim is: P

1. As a new article of manufacture, a protective plate for mens work shoes comprising a thick plate of suitable stiff material and suitably shaped to conform to the shank, said plate having a thick downwardly extending flange adapted to seat against the breast of the heel of the shoe, said flange having its outer surface curved, and an extension plate. adapted to extend between the sole of the shoe and the upper surface of the heel beyond the aforesaid flange, said plate having a plurality of apertures both in its main portion and in its extension to permit of driving nails through to fasten both the heel and the plate on the shoe. 1

2. In combination with the device defined in claim 1, the plate. extension having an upwardly extending transverse spur engaging the sole of the shoe above the heel to aid in against the breast of theheel of the shoe, and

an apertured extension plate adapted to extend between the sole of the shoe and the upper surface of the heel, the main body of the plate also having apertures topermit of driving nails therethrough to fasten it to the shoe.

LEE SCHAEFER BROWN. 

